The Farming Conflict between Nalodus and Khakaacho
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My grandfather Nalodus was in a place called Barikinkot, and Khakaacho (a term in Shina for someone who stutters) was in Daari, a region in Bagrot. They both decided that they wouldn't do any farming that year. My grandfather's wife, had spread out a cloth on the ridge of the field called baraa in Shina language. In those days, people wore clothes made from sheep's wool. Women used to make clothes and drawstrings from local thread, and that's why she had spread the cloth in the field. When Khakaacho saw it, he thought Nalodus had cultivated the field, so he came and asked why he had ploughed the field when they had agreed not to. Nalodus replied that he hadn't ploughed the field. They both went to the field and saw that the cloth was there, indicating that the field hadn't been ploughed. Nalodus then suggested they go check Khakaacho's field. When they went there, they saw that Khakaacho's wheat had sprouted. Nalodus then asked why he had done the farming. Khakaacho replied that he had done it because he saw Nalodus's field green and thought he had ploughed it. This led to a fight between them. As Nalodus had more supporters, they killed all of Khakaacho's people, except for a shepherd who was away with the goats. When the shepherd returned and saw everyone dead, he fled and brought back people from outside, known in Shina as siye. These people reached a place called Bebari. Nalodus's son or perhaps his grandson also arrived there with his goats. He saw many people gathered and greeted them, asking why they were there. They said they were there to kill his family because his family had killed all of Khakaacho's people. In exchange, Khakaacho had promised them six tolas of gold and golden ploughs and nails. They said they wouldn't kill him because he was their nephew, but he had to tell them where his people were. He returned home and told his mother that he wouldn't take the goats out that day. [Instead] he took a thread and went to the hunting spot, measured the area with the thread, and threw it down to measure the distance from the hunting spot to the bottom. The next day, he took the goats out and gave the thread to the people waiting there, showing them the distance from the hunting spot to the village. He also told them about an upcoming nos when everyone would be drunk, and they could attack then. On nos, the attackers came with a wooden ladder they had built, perfectly measured with the thread, allowing them to reach the village. They killed everyone except the one nephew. Later, they asked that man for their promised share, but he had nothing to give. The attackers felt betrayed and divided his large piece of land, giving half to Nalodus's son and keeping the other half to him. Three years after they had left, our people resettled the area, and we have been farming that land ever since.
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